Christian belief quotes, RPE AQA GCSE Flashcards
Jesus
‘the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world’ - John 1:29
‘Christ died for our sins’ - Corinthians
God is omnibenevolent
‘God is love’
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son’
God is omnipotent
‘The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power’
God is just
‘the Heavens proclaim his righteousness, for He is a God of justice’
Inconsistent triad is made of
omnipotent
omniscient
omnibenevolent
the Evidential Problem of Evil
the amount of evil and suffering in the world makes it seem improbable that God exists
the Logical Problem of Evil
it doesn’t make sense for God to be omnipotent and omnibenevolent while evil still exists
what is the Apostolic Creed
an important statement of belief about the Trinity as God
God the Father
‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth’ Genesis 1:1
God the Holy Spirit
the Advocate, the Holy Spirit…will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you’
(during creation) ‘the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters’
quote for the Holy Trinity
Go and make disciples pf all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
creation ex nihilo
Latin omg
fundamentalist, literal creationist
the story of Genesis is literally true, six days of creation then one of rest, rejects scientific theories
modernist, liberal creationist
example
Genesis is a myth with a moral message, science and religion can coincide, God created the world
e.g. Pope Francis
the resurrection of Jesus has opened to us the door to eternal life: quote
‘the one who believes in me will live even though they die’
quote for judgement
the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
‘each of us may receive what is due to us for the things done while in the body’
God the Son is aka
quote
the Word
‘in the beginning there was the Word and the Word was with God’
quote for Heaven
‘Heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool’
‘the righteous will have eternal life’
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what is salvation
saving the soul from sin and thus admission to heaven thanks to Jesus Christ
two ways of earning salvation
salvation through grace: having faith in Jesus
salvation through good works: having faith in God and obeying His law
quote for salvation through grace
‘For by grace you have been saved through faith’
quote for salvation through grace
‘For by grace you have been saved through faith’
define atonement
restoring the relationship between God and the people through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
quote for Heaven as physical
‘My Father’s house has many rooms’
